Remo and Chiun come to the Big Screen! In America it was Remo Williams, The Adventure Begins. Everywhere else it was Remo Williams, Unarmed and Dangerous. The only real difference was the Statue of Liberty scene. When the bad guy is eliminated at the base of Liberty, the international version has the baddie impaled on a rack of steel spikes (just the kind of thing left lying around a construction site!) The USA viewers can catch a glimpse of it at the statue's base.

The Rental Version Cover

The Original Consumer Cover

The New Release Consumer Cover

And the long awaited DVD cover!

After Remo meets Chiun for the first time is when the movie takes off. The interaction between them is GREAT - hell, you believe that this IS Chiun.

If you have not seen the movie - rent it! When I first saw it, at the cinema, I had not yet read (or heard of) the Destroyer series. The movie was OK, but no big deal. THEN I read some of the books and rented the movie - what a difference! I noticed new things, saw new humor, and understood MUCH more of it. What was with the soaps? The bizarre moves? I read the books and found enlightenment!

Joel Grey did a fantastic job as Chiun. The attitude and voice were what I expected of the glorious, kind, considerate, and humble Chiun! Fred Ward did a good job as Remo as well - he even looks like the newer drawings of Remo on the book covers! Unfortunately, it's said that Warren Murphy did not like Joel's Grey's portrayal of Chiun.

Did you notice on the video cover....
a bandaid
on Remo's finger?!